﻿January, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  Electric 
  flatirons 
  are 
  now 
  quite 
  extensively 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  

   kitchen 
  and 
  sewing-room. 
  Travelers 
  find 
  them 
  most 
  useful 
  for 
  

   pressing 
  out 
  clothing 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  mussed 
  or 
  creased 
  in 
  

   packing; 
  ladies 
  find 
  them 
  useful 
  for 
  ironing 
  out 
  flimsy 
  shirt 
  

  

  have 
  been 
  invented. 
  The 
  electric 
  range 
  is 
  a 
  convenient 
  little 
  

   piece 
  of 
  kitchen 
  furniture 
  whose 
  chief 
  charm 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  ready 
  for 
  instant 
  use 
  at 
  the 
  touch 
  of 
  the 
  switch, 
  and 
  

   immediately 
  after 
  the 
  cooking 
  is 
  done, 
  the 
  power 
  can 
  be 
  cut 
  

  

  Rear 
  View 
  of 
  the 
  Hair-drying 
  Machine 
  

  

  waists 
  and 
  lace 
  collars 
  and 
  cuffs 
  which 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  dare 
  

   intrust 
  to 
  the 
  usually 
  careless 
  laundress. 
  Outside 
  of 
  the 
  

   household 
  electric 
  flatirons 
  are 
  commonly 
  used 
  in 
  tailoring 
  

   shops 
  of 
  all 
  classes, 
  and 
  even 
  architects 
  and 
  engineers 
  have 
  

   begun 
  to 
  employ 
  them 
  for 
  smoothing 
  out 
  blue-prints 
  and 
  

   plans. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  latest 
  electrical 
  novelties 
  is 
  the 
  hair-drying 
  ma- 
  

   chine. 
  This 
  combines 
  both 
  electric 
  heat 
  and 
  electric 
  power. 
  

   It 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  casing 
  which 
  incloses 
  coils 
  of 
  resistance 
  wire 
  

   and 
  an 
  electric 
  fan. 
  The 
  fan 
  sucks 
  air 
  into 
  the 
  casing 
  over 
  

   the 
  resistance 
  wires 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  heat 
  the 
  air 
  to 
  any 
  desired 
  

   temperature 
  under 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  operator. 
  A 
  flexible 
  tube 
  

  

  Electric 
  Machine 
  for 
  Chopping 
  Cabbage 
  

  

  communicates 
  with 
  this 
  casing 
  and 
  receives 
  the 
  current 
  of 
  

   heated 
  air, 
  permitting 
  the 
  operator 
  to 
  direct 
  the 
  current 
  

   where 
  desired. 
  When 
  properly 
  handled 
  twelve 
  persons 
  can 
  

   be 
  treated 
  in 
  one 
  hour 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  but 
  a 
  fraction 
  more 
  than 
  

   one 
  cent 
  each. 
  The 
  kitchen 
  offers 
  an 
  excellent 
  field 
  for 
  elec- 
  

   trical 
  apparatus. 
  Already 
  many 
  electrical 
  cooking 
  outfits 
  

  

  Electric 
  Potato-paring 
  Machine 
  

  

  off. 
  This 
  results 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  saving 
  of 
  expense, 
  doing 
  away 
  

   entirely 
  with 
  that 
  wasteful 
  consumption 
  of 
  energy 
  which 
  is 
  

   necessary 
  in 
  coal 
  ranges 
  in 
  keeping 
  the 
  fire 
  going 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   range 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  use. 
  The 
  electric 
  range 
  also 
  possesses 
  

   an 
  advantage 
  over 
  the 
  gas 
  stove, 
  its 
  closest 
  competitor, 
  in 
  

   that 
  no 
  match 
  is 
  required 
  to 
  light 
  it, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  entirely 
  free 
  

   from 
  odors. 
  One 
  of 
  our 
  illustrations 
  shows 
  a 
  small 
  electric 
  

   broiler 
  which 
  will 
  cook 
  a 
  medium-sized 
  steak 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  but 
  

   two 
  cents. 
  The 
  electrical 
  restaurant, 
  shown 
  in 
  another 
  of 
  

   our 
  illustrations, 
  serves 
  to 
  exemplify 
  the 
  convenience 
  and 
  

   adaptability 
  of 
  electricity 
  to 
  kitchen 
  work. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  

   that 
  the 
  cooking 
  apparatus 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  res- 
  

   taurant 
  with 
  no 
  attempt 
  to 
  screen 
  it 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   room. 
  Here 
  the 
  manager, 
  in 
  a 
  business 
  suit, 
  does 
  the 
  cook- 
  

   ing 
  while 
  chatting 
  with 
  his 
  patrons 
  with 
  no 
  fear 
  whatever 
  of 
  

  

  Washing 
  Dishes 
  in 
  an 
  Electrically 
  Operated 
  Machine 
  

  

  